Rubber overshoe.



J. H. STUBLY. RUBBER OVERSHOE. APPLICATION FILED APR. I2. I9I5.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

WITNESSEQALMW/ NETE@ @TATE @lhblltlil JOHN I-I. STAUBLY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

RUBBER OVERSHOE.

Application filed April 12, 1915.

To @ZZ whom 'it may Concern Be it known that l, JOHN H. STAUBLY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have Vinvented a certain new and useful improve ment in Rubber Overshoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

rlhe chief object of the invention is to provide upon rubber over-shoes means whereby such over-shoes may be held in position, during the operation of removing such rubbers from boots or shoes, without requiring the wearer to touch such rubbers with his hands, or to bend his body, and my said improvement consists, essentially, in providing in or on the sole portion of the rubber, just forward of the so called hollow of the foot, a rearwardly projecting lip or plate that is specially adapted to engage, and interlock with, some suitably formed fixed plate.

The annexed drawings illustrate my said improvement clearly Figure l being a side view of a rubber embodying said improvement and Fig. 2 is a bottom, or sole, view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are relatively enlarged, sectional, views of that portion of the sole in which the above-mentioned lip is located, Fig. 8 showing said lip as having been incorporated in the sole during the op Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 255, i915.

Serial No. 29,912.

eration of making the rubber and Fig. 4 showing said lip as having been attached by means of rivets, to a rubber of ordinary construction.

ln these drawings the letter a indicates a rubber as a whole.

Fixedly located on or in the sole portion of the said rubber, just forward of the hollow of the foot is a small plate Z) whose edge portion extends rearward, as seen in the drawings, thus providing in eifect a hook or offset that may be interlocked with a suitable fixed plate such as, for example, the plate c shown in Fig. i of the drawings thus limiting thel rearward as well as the upward movements of the rubber during the effort of the wearer' to withdraw a boot or 'shoe from said rubber. rlhe plate c may be secured to the floor, or preferably, to some special support which may be portable if desired.

Having thus described and illustrated my said improvement, l claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent:

An overshoe having a rearwardly projecting lip attached to the underside of the sole just forward of the shank thereof.

JOHN H. STAUBLY.

Witness FRANK H. ALLEN.

Copies 0f this patent may he obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

